NHER 51466 (Find Spot record) - Undatable lead object

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Summary

A fieldwalking and metal-detecting survey of part of this field in 2008 recovered a fragment of undatable lead waste.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG12NW
Civil Parish HEYDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

March-April 2008. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection (Field 44).
A single fragment of undatable lead waste was the only find recovered.
See report (S1) for further details. This work is also noted in (S2).
S. Howard (NLA), 23 November 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2019.

2009-2010. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping and other groundworks associated with installation of the Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection cable.
No archaeologically-significant features or deposits recorded and no finds recovered.
Final report awaited. See assessment report (S3) for further details. This work is also noted in (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 13 June 2019.

A combined archive comprising material from both phases of archaeological work at this site has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
P. Watkins (HES), 13 June 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Westall, S. and Smith, M. 2008. An Archaeological Fieldwalking and Metal-detector Survey Along the Route of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Grid Connection. NAU Archaeology. 1808a.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Hoggett, R. 2010. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2009. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt I pp 135-147. p 146.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Hickling, S. 2010. An Archaeological Evaluation, Excavation and Watching Brief along the route of the Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. NAU Archaeology. 1808c.

Site and Feature Types and Periods

  • WASTE (Undated)

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Record last edited

Aug 12 2025 11:06AM

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